I dont use them for any deficiency in my bike, I got them for free from a friend, so i decided to get the wuss out and save 20 bucks.

Man up and don't use any at all. Especially on that really cool 9er.

I shall wrap them in 40 grit sand paper.

I want to see the pics.

Pronouns, pronouns.

That is multi-surface sandpaper. You need single-surface sandpaper. Multi is too complex for the new rider. Single will be much better. You have said so, yourself.

Oury. Cool colors reduce fatigue.

For all you ODI lockon fans, the cross-trainer doesn't get much hype but it's worth checking out - it's got the grippy without the sticky.

There is no excuse to not have ODI grips on your bike... they come in a variety of sizes and styles that would can switch back and forth from with only owning 1 paid ofr locks...

some of my favorites are:

lizard skin peaty grips

race face diabolous grips

and the ones on my bike right now:
odi rogue

I have seen wittier comments in owner's manuals.

So ESI racer's edge in white or the peaty's?

elf - the peatys are super tacky, and slim profile. so if you are looking for a thing grip id go with the peatyy.....

but WHITE GETS DIRTY!

lizard skin peaty grips

I know but my bike is mostly white.

IDK about the peaty's, I already have something similar, and they have plenty of grip, but they have no padding and hand fatigue very quickly on downhills, do the peaty's have any padding?

they have a decent amount of padding, i have the ruffians on my jumper bike and they have more padding that those, but less than say the odi rogues...

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,snap!!!!! Burn!!!!!! Owwwwwwwwww yeah!

if you're relying on your grip padding to prevent hand fatigue while on downhills, you're doing it wrong.

try not death gripping your bars, moving your brake lever reach closer to the bars, and grabbing/using less/not riding your brakes.

I have some brown ODIs. The didn't start out that color though.

i live in fl, our downhills aren't that long haha

I dont know what kind of downhills you ride but if I held my grips any looser than i currently do, i would definetly be at risk of having them taken out of my hands. I went on a 20 mile full of downhills and my new brakes arent even broken in yet. I find this advice sub-standard, you need a certain amount of padding in your grips for the shifting of your body forward.

That's the pot calling the kettle black! All the mindless **** you put up and you wanna call out Scub? Thats rich.

Gloves are on...






Elf, you're an idiot.

You have no idea what I'm talking about, do you?

Those were just *general* suggestions about things that may help.

However, I stand by my statement: If you are relying on your grips to prevent hand fatigue when descending, you are doing something wrong. What thay might be, I have no idea.

So, because I am 'supposedly' wrong 'allegedly' often, that makes scrublover's statement less absurd?

Nawp.

Fixed it for you elf.

You know sir, I don't feel that I'm picking on you because you keep asking for it. Not in an active "please sir, can I have another" sorta way...but more like a "the sky is under my feet and purple elephants exist" sorta way. You just have to be corrected so the people who come here for education versus entertainment won't be mislead.

You really are a *****, my good fellow.